Artist at Work: Jessica Levine

Based for the moment in Lewisburg, W.Va., Jessica Levine describes herself as "an Appalachian contemporary environmental artist. I am really inspired by nature and particularly our region of Appalachia, because that's where I've lived most of my life. I'm very drawn to undulating surfaces - 'undulation' is a big word for me. I'm really a contemporary artist. My influences are many and drawn from many sources. As much as I am inspired by forms from nature, I'm also really interested in popular culture. We make a distinction between fine art and everyday stuff. And I'm not so clear about what's what. Obviously, we're really influenced by television, consumer goods, the stuff that's in our everyday life - most of which is manufactured by machines. So mass quantities are made of things, as opposed to the hand-made object. I think they're both interesting - but interesting in really different ways."

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